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The airport taxi hates short hop ride. The taxi drivers got visibly frustrated and angry after hearing my destination is not long distance. I just get a Uber/Lyft to avoid the airport cartel.

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We live 10 minutes from LAX. Taxi drivers get somewhat annoyed, but we give them $20 and that seems to make them feel better.

Also, we have a favorite taxi company we use to get to LAX. We make reservations a few days in advance, and they have always showed up on schedule.

My coworker got yelled at by a taxi driver recently at DCA airport for this.

Which is dumb because DCA is like 10 minutes from downtown, so I’m not sure why they would expect most travelers to be headed to the suburbs.

Well plenty of fliers will live in the DC suburbs. Only the visitors will be going downtown.

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